According to Turner’s Facebook, she is OK. The Gazette was not able to contact Garmon or Lambert.

All four members of the Gaston County Runners Club who ran Monday’s race were OK, club member Danny McBee said. In addition to Trotter, the club’s participating runners were Bobby Aswell Jr., 50, of Cornelius, Dianne Fuller-Allen, 57, of Charlotte and Jamie Koch Dodge, 39, of Fort Mill, S.C.

According to Turner’s Facebook, she is OK. The Gazette was not able to contact Garmon or Lambert.

All four members of the Gaston County Runners Club who ran Monday’s race were OK, club member Danny McBee said. In addition to Trotter, the club’s participating runners were Bobby Aswell Jr., 50, of Cornelius, Dianne Fuller-Allen, 57, of Charlotte and Jamie Koch Dodge, 39, of Fort Mill, S.C.

“We all stay in contact,” McBee said. “We’re just very happy that everybody is fine.”

Hampered by tragedy

Nussbaumer had a short moment of panic when she couldn’t reach her mother by phone.

The two women ultimately connected.

Nussbaumer’s mom was along the route up by Boston University. All traffic had been stopped in the area, so by 6 p.m. Nussbaumer’s mother still hadn’t gotten back to the hotel.

Nussbaumer said she’s grateful that neither she nor her mother were in the vicinity of the explosions. She gets rattled thinking about it.

“It’s a shock to know that you could’ve run by, and it could’ve gone off at anytime,” she said.

It’s a tragic time that was supposed to be a celebration, Nussbaumer said.

“It’s a little shocking when you finish something that’s such an accomplishment and have it hampered by such a tragedy,” she said.

You can reach reporter Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane.